2019-nCoV

Ohio State Global One Health executive leaders released a statement on the current outbreak in China and its transmission across the world. Read the statement online. Dr. Linda Saif, who is known for her work on interspecies transmission of coronoviruses and other comparative aspects of enteric and respiratory viral infections of food animals and humans, will be presenting her talk titled "Coronaviruses: Global threats to humans and animals" as part of our monthly webinar on February 20, from 9-9:45 a.m. EST. All are welcome to attend in person at A100H Sisson Hall (1920 Coffey Road, Columbus, Ohio) or join remotely through Zoom online.

Activity updates

GOHi representatives attended a lunch meeting on January 26 in the presence of U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Tibor Nagy, Ambassador Mike Raynor (U.S. Embassy of Ethiopia), officials from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MoSHE) and Ethiopian University Presidents. Global One Health LLC Ethiopia Director, Dr. Getnet Yimer shared GOHi’s overall activity to the audience and its contributions in the areas of One Health capacity strengthening.

Ohio State GOHi associated faculty to speak at upcoming NIH One Health conference

Ohio State faculty, Thomas Wittum, from the Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, will give a plenary talk at the Health conference, "One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance; Combatting the Resistome in Humans, Animals and the Environment," to be held in Rockville, Maryland on March 16 and 17. The conference is sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The goal of this meeting will be to explore a One Health approach to antimicrobial resistance.

Neonatal Survival Program empowers healthcare providers in Haiti and East Africa

With the focus on improving neonatal survival by building healthcare capacity, Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center has saved an estimated 225,720 newborns in Haiti, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania through its Neonatal Survival Program.

GOHi Executive Director to speak at the African Union International Conference

The African Union Centres for Disease Control and Prevention will convene the Emerging and (Re)-emerging Diseases (ICREID) conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 18-20. The conference is aligned with major priorities as envisioned by the African Union Agenda for 2063. GOHi Executive Director Wondwossen Gebreyes will speak on the Global One Health Paradigm. The conference will serve as a platform to share how new data can be translated into treatment, develop new intervention guidelines and create a unique opportunity for community building and networking in the region.